VOV.VN - International researchers and experts while attending a recent teleconference reaffirmed the value of the 2016 ruling on the South China Sea known as the East Sea in Vietnam by the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA).

VOV.VN - All activities involving exploration, surveying, and scientific research on the Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago without the nation’s express consent will infringe upon Vietnamese sovereignty and related rights, therefore making actions illegal, null and void.

Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Quoc Dung has asked the Republic of Korea (RoK) to continue helping ASEAN countries improve their medical capacity at the 25th ASEAN-RoK Dialogue at the deputy foreign ministerial level held in the form of teleconference on July 6.

VOV.VN - Two tropical depressions have begun forming in the East Sea, with a tropical low-pressure system likely to turn into a storm on July 7, according to the National Centre for Hydrometeorology Forecasting.

Over the two years of enforcement, the Law on the Vietnam Coast Guard has proved to be a “sharp tool” for implementing law at sea.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh on July 1 held a phone call with US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan to discuss the Vietnam-US relations and international issues of mutual concern.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Quoc Dung and Thai Permanent Secretary for Foreign Affairs Thani Thongphakdi on June 30 co-chaired the eighth annual political consultation between the two foreign ministries.

A Vietnamese delegation led by Politburo member and permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat Vo Van Thuong attended a round-table conference of Russia – ASEAN political parties on June 29 via a videoconference.

Vietnam and Laos issued a 10-point joint statement on the occasion of an official friendship visit to Vietnam by Lao Party General Secretary and State President Thongloun Sisoulith, his wife, and a high-ranking delegation of the Lao Party and State from June 28-29.

VOV.VN - Le Thi Thu Hang, spokesperson of the Foreign Ministry, has stressed the nation’s demand for concerned parties to not take any actions which may further complicate the situation in the East Sea, urging them to contribute to the maintenance of peace and stability in the region.